Feb 10 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy gathered his top military officials on Tuesday to discuss air defense shortfalls and other aspects of protecting civilians from an onslaught nearly four years into Russia’s war in Ukraine. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, also assessed how local authorities in Ukrainian cities were dealing with … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that another night of protracted Russian strikes further undermined “confidence in all diplomatic efforts to end this war,” as the sides continue to maneuver for the upper hand in ongoing US-brokered peace talks. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 129 drones into Ukraine overnight through Wednesday morning, of … Read more
Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St’s FREE investment ideas. The US Army is seeking penalties from Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) over delays in artillery ammunition deliveries to Ukraine. The delay is related to contracts for critical munitions at a time of increased global defense demand. Separately, Northrop … Read more
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Russian forces are trying to advance around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Kiev’s military said on Monday, hoping to conclude a months-long campaign to seize the strategic center as Moscow seeks to capture the entire Donetsk region. Ukraine has struggled to halt slow Russian advances around … Read more
By Guy Faulconbridge and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian-born Russian citizen has been extradited to Moscow from Dubai on suspicion of seriously injuring one of Russia’s most senior military intelligence officers, Russian security officials and investigators said on Sunday. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of Russia’s vast military intelligence service … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach an agreement to end the nearly four-year war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters, as Russian attacks on energy infrastructure forced nuclear plants to cut output on Saturday. If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will … Read more
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that Russia’s Starlink satellite internet terminals in Ukraine have been “cut,” disrupting Russian military communications. Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said SpaceX, which owns Starlink, is working with Ukraine to update a “white list” of approved and verified Starlink terminals, while unapproved Russian systems have been blocked. “The Starlink terminals … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday held a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on ending their war amid an escalation in Russia’s winter attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and after a sharp increase last year in Ukrainian civilians killed in the fighting. “We are working in the … Read more
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a chance the whirring of propellers heard over Ukrainian battlefields is coming from drones built in a country of just over a million people in southeastern Europe: Cyprus. Manufacturer Swarmly says there are more than 200 of its H-10 Poseidon drones that help Ukraine’s artillery batteries identify enemy targets on … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, wounded or missing on both sides of Russia’s war against Ukraine could hit 2 million by spring, with Russia suffering the highest recorded troop death toll of any major power in any conflict since World War II. Tuesday’s report from the … Read more